scholarly journals Water Footprint and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Agriculture Development under One Belt One Road Initiative: An Overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 748 (1) ◽  
pp. 012026
Author(s):  
Hadi Yahya Saleh Mareeh ◽  
Adhita Sri Prabakusuma ◽  
Dongqi Shi ◽  
Ansita Gupitakingkin Pradipta ◽  
Adnan Kasofi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Initial Period ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Agricultural Trade ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Water Type ◽  
Remarkable Change ◽  
One Belt One Road

Abstract One Belt One Road (OBOR) is an initiative of collaboration and development that was put forward by China. Moreover, the agricultural production in most of the country members confronted Water scarcity and climate change. In current study it has been used Water Footprint (WF) as tool for measuring water consumption in China and participating country. Thus, this paper aims to understand OBOR from the perspective of WF of agricultural products. On the whole, the results showed that agriculture’s WF in China and OBOR countries increased steadily from about 6.84 trillion m3 in the initial period to about 9.54 trillion m3 in 2018. They also showed that China and India were the largest countries consumed WF which accounted for 76.12% of the total WF used in agricultural production. Furthermore, the WF that has been consumed for agriculture production in China and spanning countries was excessively concentrated on some products. As a whole, green the main water type used in producing agricultural products. Since announcing OBOR initiative in 2013 until now, there is not any remarkable change on GHG emissions that generated from agriculture due to the climate change impacts can be observed only on the long term. WF is a new perspective to explore OBOR. Agricultural trade with China certainly benefits both the countries along OBOR and China from the perspective of WF. The findings of this study is essential as references for better agriculture production structure, and is useful for managing water in China and the nations along the Silk Road, mitigating water scarcities, and wisely distributing the water resources in the various sectors.

Water footprint assessment considering climate change effects on future agricultural production in Mediterranean region

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 2232-2242 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.P. Papadopoulou ◽  
D. Charchousi ◽  
V.K. Tsoukala ◽  
C. Giannakopoulos ◽  
M. Petrakis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Climate Change Effects

scholarly journals Environmental sustainability of biofuels: a review

2020 ◽  
Vol 476 (2243) ◽  
pp. 20200351
Author(s):  
Harish K. Jeswani ◽  
Andrew Chilvers ◽  
Adisa Azapagic
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
Methodological Choices

Biofuels are being promoted as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels as they could help to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the related climate change impact from transport. However, there are also concerns that their wider deployment could lead to unintended environmental consequences. Numerous life cycle assessment (LCA) studies have considered the climate change and other environmental impacts of biofuels. However, their findings are often conflicting, with a wide variation in the estimates. Thus, the aim of this paper is to review and analyse the latest available evidence to provide a greater clarity and understanding of the environmental impacts of different liquid biofuels. It is evident from the review that the outcomes of LCA studies are highly situational and dependent on many factors, including the type of feedstock, production routes, data variations and methodological choices. Despite this, the existing evidence suggests that, if no land-use change (LUC) is involved, first-generation biofuels can—on average—have lower GHG emissions than fossil fuels, but the reductions for most feedstocks are insufficient to meet the GHG savings required by the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED). However, second-generation biofuels have, in general, a greater potential to reduce the emissions, provided there is no LUC. Third-generation biofuels do not represent a feasible option at present state of development as their GHG emissions are higher than those from fossil fuels. As also discussed in the paper, several studies show that reductions in GHG emissions from biofuels are achieved at the expense of other impacts, such as acidification, eutrophication, water footprint and biodiversity loss. The paper also investigates the key methodological aspects and sources of uncertainty in the LCA of biofuels and provides recommendations to address these issues.

scholarly journals FARMERS' PERCEPTION REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHERN TURKEY: THE CASE OF MERSIN PROVINCE

New Medit ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Cost

Climate change is responsible for the negative effects in human life causing a decrease in agricultural products, biodiversity, soil fertility, and forest areas. In contrast, climate change increases plant diseases and pests, the cost of agricultural production and risk in food security. This study aims to determine whether climate change is a phenomenon via the analysis of the perceptions of the farmers in the Mersin province conducted over 251 questionnaires. Farmers primarily perceive climate change over production costs and the reduction in yield. Moreover, they are highly aware of its relation to natural events such as floods, drought, and storms. Nevertheless, inappropriate agricultural practices also lead to the negative consequences caused by climate change. In this respect, this study revealed that farmers with high cooperative partnerships and experience perceived climate change significantly.

Climate change and the impacts on China’s agricultural interregional trade flows

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Xian Xin ◽  
Tun Lin ◽  
Xiaoyun Liu ◽  
Guanghua Wan ◽  
Yongsheng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Trade ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Cge Model ◽  
Trade Pattern ◽  
Interregional Trade ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Central ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Purpose – The impacts of climate change on agricultural production in the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) are significant, and differ across regions and crops. The substantial regional differences will induce changes in agricultural interregional trade pattern. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the climate change impacts on China’s agricultural interregional trade pattern. Design/methodology/approach – The paper will use the computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to assess the impacts of climate change on the PRC’s agricultural interregional trade flows. The CGE model consists of seven Chinese regions and the rest of the world and six commodities. Findings – The results indicate that northwest, south, central, and northeast PRC will see increases in the outflows of agricultural products in 2030 and 2050. Conversely, outflows from east, north, and southwest PRC will decrease. Agricultural products handling and transportation facilities need to be repositioned to address the changes in agricultural trade flows. Originality/value – Studies on the impacts of climate change on the PRC’s agriculture have been increasing. To the best of our knowledge, however, no previous studies have assessed the impacts of climate change on the PRC’s agricultural interregional trade flows. This paper aims to fill this gap in the literature.

scholarly journals Energy Analysis, and Carbon and Water Footprint for Environmentally Friendly Farming Practices in Agroecosystems and Agroforestry

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Platis ◽  
Christos Anagnostopoulos ◽  
Aggeliki Tsaboula ◽  
Georgios Menexes ◽  
Kiriaki Kalburtji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Energy Analysis ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Freshwater Wetlands ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment Methodology ◽  
Gas Emissions

Agriculture accounts for 5% of the entire energy used worldwide. Most of it is not in a renewable form, so it can be linked to greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Paris Agreement, on climate change, one of its major targets is the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, the agricultural production process must drastically change. Currently, the sustainable use of water is critical for any agricultural development. Agricultural production effects water quality and sufficiency, as well as, freshwater wetlands. Energy balance, carbon, and water footprint are crucial for sustainable agricultural production. Agroforestry systems are important in reducing high inputs of non-renewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions, along with better water use, leading to the most minimal influence on climate change. Energy analysis, carbon, and water footprint can be applied to agroforestry systems’ production. An outline could be applied by adopting a modified—for agricultural production—life cycle assessment methodology to assess energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and water consumption in agroforestry ecosystems.

Accounting and change trend analysis of food production water footprint in China

Water Policy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 758-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangyao Deng ◽  
Yan Xu ◽  
Zhuoyuan Yu
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Virtual Water ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Logarithmic Mean ◽  
Food Trade ◽  
Production Water ◽  
Total Food ◽  
Change Trend

Abstract China is a country of agriculture, and agricultural production consumes a great deal of water. In this paper, we quantify the provincial food production water footprint (WF) in China during 1997–2011, and then analyze its change trend by the method LMDI (Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index). The results indicate the following. (1) China's food production WF increased during 1997–2011 as a whole. The food production WFs at the provincial level are obviously different. (2) The main reason for the change of WF of food production in China related to the virtual water content and total food production. As for the changes of food production WFs for each province, they were not always in accordance with the total food production. For example, in Guizhou, Qinghai, Sichuan, and other provinces, the food production WFs grew while total food production declined, thus indicating strong negative decoupling. Thus, it is necessary to take the measure of agricultural products' transportation ‘green channel’ to promote the development of domestic food trade and virtual water trade.

The water footprint of Austria for different diets

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 824-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Vanham
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Substantial Reduction ◽  
Virtual Water ◽  
Vegetarian Diet ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Dietary Recommendations ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Animal Fats ◽  
Meat Animal

This paper analyses the Austrian water footprint of consumption (WFcons) for different diets: the current diet, a healthy diet (based upon the dietary recommendations issued by the German nutrition society, or DGE), a vegetarian diet and a combined diet between both latter diets. As in many western countries, the current Austrian diet consists of too many products from the groups sugar, crop oils, meat, animal fats, milk, milk products and eggs and not enough products from the groups cereals, rice, potatoes, vegetables and fruit. Especially the consumption of animal products accounts for high WF amounts. These diets result in a substantial reduction (range 922–1,362 l per capita per day (lcd)) of the WFcons for agricultural products, which is currently 3,655 lcd. However, the Austrian water footprint of agricultural production (WFprod = 2,066 lcd) still remains lower than even the WFcons for a vegetarian diet (2,293 lcd). As a result the country is a net virtual water importer regarding agricultural products for all analysed scenarios.

scholarly journals Substantiation of the causes of soil degradation and desertification in Ukraine

1970 ◽  
pp. 10-20
Author(s):  
V. F. Petrychenko ◽  
V. V. Lykhochvor ◽  
O. V. Korniychuk
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Active Substance ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Soil Degradation ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
Natural Fertility ◽  
Phosphorus And Potassium ◽  
Sown Area ◽  
Nitrogen Phosphorus

Purpose. To substantiate the main causes of land degradation and desertification in Ukraine in conditions of intensification of agricultural production and climate change; to carry out a comparative assessment and calculations of their balance. Methods. Monitoring studies, system and statistical analysis and their synthesis. Results. The volumes of crop production in Ukraine are highlighted. Limiting factors in agricultural production have been identified: global climate change, declining nutrient content in soils and decrease in the level of their fertility. The volumes of nutrient removal by plant products are analyzed. It is established that both the content of nutrients in crop products and the removal of nutrients from the soil loses more than 2 million tons of active substance of the main elements: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. On the basis of economic calculations it is proved that the volumes of mineral fertilizers are identical to the volumes of the removed nutrients with exported agricultural products: per 1 ha of sown area of the exported crops 116 kg of active substance, or N74P24K18, is removed with a crop yield. It is substantiated that the current level of exploitation of soil resources will lead to their degradation and reduction of natural fertility. Based on the analysis of agricultural production, it is argued that the question of the feasibility of increasing grain production in Ukraine to the level of 90 million tons is debatable due to the diversity of forms of management and different levels of resource provision in technology. After all, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the amount of about 56.5 billion UAH are annually exported from the country with agricultural products. Conclusions. With such a level of intensification of production and export of plant raw materials, compensation for the export of nutrients and prevention of soil degradation requires annual application against the background of N76P17K17 additional N74P24K18, which will amount to N150P41K35 per hectare of sown area. In addition to increasing the rates of mineral fertilizers, in order to preserve soil fertility it is necessary to apply organic fertilizers, introduce cultivation of perennial legumes and cover crops in crop rotation, use plant residues as fertilizers, lime soils etc.

The impact of exchange rate on price and export of agricultural production

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-18
Author(s):  
Rasulov Tulkin Sattarovich ◽  
Khushvaktov Kuvonchbek Ravshanovich
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Price Formation ◽  
International Trade Laws ◽  
The Impact

In today’s world of swiftly increasing global economy and continuously changing international trade laws and technology exchange rate plays a pivotal role in the production, price formation, export and import of agricultural products. For many years exchange rate as an integral part of agricultural economics has been ignored. The present study was intended to investigate exchange rate as an impacting factor on the agricultural production. It also considers the researches that have been carried about the impact of the exchange rate on prices and export of agricultural products, theirs analyses and how much impact it has in the situation of Uzbekistan.

An analysis of major environmental threats to human security in Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-139
Author(s):  
Naresh Bhakta Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Environmental Security ◽  
Government Action ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
Environmental Threat ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
The Government

The paper mainly analyses the environmental threats focusing on climate change to human security in Nepal. Major aspects of human security are interlinked and interconnected in our context. Among them, human security offers much to the vibrant field of environmental security in Nepal. Environmental threats are linked to the overall impact on human survival, well-being, and productivity. A great deal of human security is tied to peoples’ access to natural resources and vulnerabilities to environmental change. The major environmental threats in our context is the climate change which have widespread implications for Nepal, causing impacts to water availability, agricultural production, forestry, among many other detrimental effects. The critical threat of environmental security needs to be taken into serious consideration to save our succeeding generation. This article primarily interpreted the government action towards emerging environmental threat based on realist approach. For the study of theme of this article, descriptive and analytical research has been used to draw present major environmental threats in Nepal. With consideration to factors, this article attempted to identify the major environmentally vulnerable areas that are likely to hamper the overall status of human security in Nepal. This paper also tried to suggest the measures to enhance the environmental security considering prospects and policy focusing on Nepalese diverse aspects.

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